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		Kalium on March 31, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After Snowden, the NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge I expect both those reasons still hold up. Ethics-driven unemployment sounds great until you start getting hungry.

Peaker on March 31, 2015 [–]

The NSA is looking for top talent. For them, the alternative is not hunger, but a slightly worse salary or less interesting job.

Kalium on March 31, 2015 | [–]

My understanding of the job market for mathematicians is that it's not nearly as friendly as that for programmers, but I'm far from knowledgeable here.

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